Emiliano salvador biography of william hamilton

One of the most influencial musicians of his generation in Cuba, Emiliano Salvador is revered as a giant around the world.

Sir William Hamilton , —, Scottish philosopher. He was widely interested in law, physiology, and literature and was professor of history and philosophy at the Univ. Hamilton helped to reestablish the waning fame of the Scottish school of metaphysics. His "Philosophy of the Unconditioned" , a critique of Cousin 's Cours de philosophie published in the Edinburgh Review, publicized his views on the infinite, which he considered unknowable.

Under the influence of Kant , he conceived of the world that man knows as finite and conditioned in terms of space, time, and degree. In logic his attempt to "quantify the predicate" was a crude anticipation of later developments in mathematical logic. The British academic outlook was broadened by his emphasis on the German philosophers and on Aristotle.

His son, Francis, published his Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic ed. Mansel and John Veitch, 4 vol. Sir William Hamilton , —, British diplomat and archaeologist, ambassador to Naples — His fine collection of antiquities from Pompeii was sold to the British Museum in and stimulated English interest in the art of the classical civilizations.

Cuban Pianist Finally Finds U.S. Audience: Jazz: The late Emiliano Salvador was denied a visa to play in the U.S., but an independent label release of his last album has drawn Missing: william hamilton.

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